C22 Whitby Centennial Bowl

Sunday medium distance race to the Ajax weather buoy and back.  Winds were light 4-5 knots from the SW, no waves, full racing main and light #1, singlehanded.  We had 14 boats on the line.

Kept with most boats, tacking towards the mark, keeping my VMG above over 3 knots with 5 knots of boat speed.  Winds lightened as I got closer to the mark and lightened further on the downwind leg back.  Kept my boat speed over 2 knots most of the time wing on wing.  I did try to reach to get closer to shore, but found I could not maintain boat speed.

Ajax weather buoy
Time on photo 1:09pm

Finished at 3:30pm with 3 knots of boat speed.

Trip Odometer: 19.2 miles
Moving Average: 3.5 knots
Moving Time 05:26:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2013/20130609.kmz